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Mortgage approvals at highest level since Truss's mini-budget
The Guardian
|October 30, 2024
Demand for new home loans has risen to its highest level in more than two years as falling interest rates attract buyers back into the property market.
Figures from the Bank of England showed mortgage approvals for new purchases rose by 700 to 65,600 in September - the fourth monthly increase in a row. The rise - seen as a good guide to future borrowing - followed August's cut in official interest rates by the Bank's monetary policy committee (MPC) from 5.25% to 5%.
This story is from the October 30, 2024 edition of The Guardian.
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